Council approves donation of 10 bikes from police department; police records fee changes proposed and sent to future meeting

The South Salt Lake City Council on July 9 approved a resolution authorizing the police department to dispose of unclaimed property by donating 10 bicycles to the nonprofit Free Bikes for Kids.

Tiffany, representing the South Salt Lake Police Department, asked the council to appropriate 10 bikes for donation. Council member Clarissa moved approval and Corey seconded; the motion passed on roll call.

Separately, Aretha, the police department records supervisor, presented proposed amendments to police fees for records and GRAMA requests. Aretha told the council the department seeks to update fees to account for the complexity of handling video and audio requests and to better reflect time and redaction costs. She said the department is proposing tiered fees for video requests instead of a flat fee: up to 30 minutes, $45; 30–60 minutes, $55; and $10 for each additional 30 minutes. Aretha said requests for video footage are common — "daily, I would say we get at least maybe 10 to 15 requests daily," she said — and that redaction can be time consuming.

Council members agreed to move the fee changes to the next regular meeting for further consideration; Council member Ray DeWolf made the motion to continue the item and Sharla seconded.

Why it matters: the approved donation repurposes unclaimed property for a youth program. The proposed fee changes, if adopted, would raise costs for some public and attorney requests and are intended to recover staff time spent reviewing, redacting and delivering audio/video records.

Details: the police department requested appropriation of 10 bicycles to donate to Free Bikes for Kids. The records‑fee proposal would revise the current flat video fee and add incremental charges tied to video length and staff time. The council moved the records‑fee proposal to a future meeting for more review.